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- Fountains of Refreshment
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] When hot, sticky days hit, try to use all your senses to keep cool. Sight and sound have amazing psychological effects, even when the thermometer soars. One of the most cooling and relaxing sounds I ...
- Gardeners: Contain Yourselves!
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Whether you live in a tiny city apartment or on a large country estate, gardening in containers is a way to add colour and the beauty of nature to your surroundings. The three main elements of creati...
- How to Decorate your Outdoor Space without Breaking the Bank
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Noted English clergyman Sydney Smith (1771-1845) is quoted as saying, "Economy in the estimation of common minds means the absence of all taste and comfort." But finding thrifty ways to decorate your...
- Light Up the Night! Quick Facts about Outdoor Lighting
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] When the days start to get shorter, the darkness may drive us inside from our porches, patios or decks. Don’t despair – outdoor lighting can lengthen the day and dramatically extend the potential of ...
- Warm Up the Night! Patio Heaters and Fire Pits
[Home-Improvement:Patio-Deck] In some areas right now, the weather is ideal for sitting outside in the evening -- the bugs have gone and the sky is clear -- but the nights are chilly. Don't let the cool evenings send you inside -...
- Store Your Outdoor Furnishings to Make Them Last
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] In many parts of North America, the end of "porch season" has arrived. Whether you're clearing out for some oncoming bad weather, closing up the cottage for the season, beating the vandals on devil's...
- Luau! Decorating with a Hawaiian Theme
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Hawaii is a first choice travel destination with millions of people - and for good reason. Bring a little of that island feeling into your home, either indoors or in your outdoor living space. You ca...
- Home for a Gnome?
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Kitsch is defined by several dictionaries as relating to poor quality or gaudy art objects that appeal to “low-brow” taste. But in the garden, kitsch categorizes folksy or commercial art that’s viewe...
- Make a Grand Entrance of Your Front Door
[Home-Improvement:Doors] You may find it difficult to believe that the days will start getting longer in the Northern Hemisphere in just four short weeks. You can find yourself this time of year coming home on dreary days, o...
- Come With Me To The Casbah!
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] A ripe persimmon is a thing of beauty – sweet, succulent and an amazing shade of orange-red. Orange and red continue to be popular colors in decorating this year but 2004’s shades are softer and more...
- Set Out a Feast for Your Feathered Friends
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] February is “Feed the Birds” month in much of North America. And what great timing! If you’re going through a cold winter, you can help the wintering birds that are going through it with you. If you ...
- Seeding Flowers Indoors: An Inexpensive Way to a Beautiful Summer Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Every year you plan that THIS will be the year you have pots and pots of lush plants on your balcony or deck. Then you visit your local nursery in the spring and reality hits -– the cost for your fan...
- 10 Tips for Working With a Contractor
[Home-Improvement] This is the year you're going all out. You're going to build a deck, add a porch, erect a gazebo or lay a patio. You've done the research. It's well within your capability and you're looking forward ...
- Escape to Sunny Mexico - at Home!
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Can't get away for a southern vacation this year? Don't despair -- plan a sunny Mexican style refresher for your patio décor and enjoy the festive atmosphere of a hacienda at home this summer. As wi...
- Metal Outdoor Furniture - Explained
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Mention metal patio furniture and you probably think of the light, fly-away aluminium loungers of your youth or that half-ton cast iron table and chair set on your neighbour's lawn. But metal outdoo...
- The Perfect Porch Swing
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] There is a magical quality to porch swings. In his summertime classic Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury describes the "ritual of the front-porch swing." "In the garage they found, dusted, and carried for...
- Ship Ahoy! The Nautical Touch in Your Outdoor Living Space
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Would you rather be sailing or are you strictly a shore bird? Whether you're land-locked or seaside, you can create a nautical look in your outdoor living space by following a few easy principles. Yo...
- Wooden You Like to Know? A Primer to Wood Outdoor Furnishings
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] To many people, wood is the quintessential building material for furniture, both indoor and out. There's a wooden furniture form to suit every budget and décor -- from rustic twig loveseats to classi...
- Cozy Nooks: Creating a Secret Outdoor Place
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Everyone seems to love a secret -- and when the secret is a nook in your outdoor space, all the better. A nook is defined as a private or secluded quiet inner place. Any outside space, from a balcony...
- Sleeping Beauties: Porches For Dreaming
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] There's something magical about sleeping outside, drinking in the night sounds of crickets, frogs and wind chimes, watching fireflies and stars, and feeling the cool night breeze. You'll find childre...
- Closing Up Your Container Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] All good things eventually come to an end and so summer is waning, even as autumn gives most of us a fresh start. I'll bet your summer container plantings aren't really benefiting, though, from the "...
- What's Underfoot? A Quick Guide to Patio Surfaces
[Home-Improvement:Patio-Deck] Patios and terraces have always been popular outdoor spaces. Whether a Parisian courtyard or a rooftop alcove, only porches and sunrooms beat out these paved (or semi-paved) retreats in a recent surv...
- Come to Tea: An Elegant Garden Gathering
[Food-and-Drink] Perhaps nothing says "garden party" like having afternoon tea outdoors. It's a charming reminder of bygone days and childhood make-believe. Outdoor spaces of all kinds, including balconies, can be su...
- There are Stories to be Told: Start a Family Tradition
[Home-and-Family] One of the most rewarding ways to use your outdoor living space is to gather your family members for a reunion. Perhaps it's a small group that gets together annually, or a large one whose far-flung ...
- Fall for Outdoor Entertaining This Autumn
[Food-and-Drink] Aaaah, autumn! It's the perfect time to entertain outdoors -- most of the bugs are gone, the sun isn't scorching even though it's warm enough to enjoy an afternoon or evening al fresco, and there's a bounty of good things to serve for an outdoor meal.
- Life's a Beach--A Shore Theme in your Outdoor Space
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Did you visit the beach this summer? Do you wish you had? Either way, you can create a seaside feel in your outdoor space and enjoy memories of the shore at home. Here are some quick tips.
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